Careful What You Wished For

"Priscilla Appleblossom" the chief adjudicator of the Fairy Council practically spat the name out as he looked over the paperwork once more, hoping to find something he had missed that could prevent what was about to happen "For the past three decades you have been banned from granting wishes, with good reason, in my view. Fairy Godmothers are supposed to be kind and benevolent beings whose purpose is to enrich the lives of their clients"

"That is how I have always aimed to conduct myself" Priscilla smiled, looking a very misleading picture of innocence.

"Then perhaps you would like to explain why you saw fit to replace a client's penis with the member of a donkey?" the adjudicator glared down at her over his glasses.

"He wished to be hung like a horse. I though that one was pretty textbook" Priscilla shrugged.

"And yet, in other instances you have not chosen to take wishes so literally. Like the poor woman who wished she would get more attention from her boyfriend and ended up magicked into a recurring starring role in his favourite series of pornographic movies"

"And she got way, way more attention from him after that. Job done!"

The old man took off his spectacles and rubbed his eyes wearily. He hated the decision he was going to make, but it seemed his hands were tied.

"It appears to me from your records, Ms. Appleblossom, that you have consistently used your fairy godmother privileges and powers not for your clients' benefit but for your own amusement and titillation, almost invariably at their expense. Now, I understand that in your line of work you must be afforded some degree of flexibility as to how you interpret your clients' wishes in order to achieve the best results. However, when such leeway is abused it reflects badly not only on fairies but the whole of the magical community"

"Of course, I understand that perfectly!" Priscilla chirped brightly.

The adjudicator placed his glasses back onto his nose, shook his head and sighed heavily.

"I may not approve of the new guidance, but with fairy godmothers now being given more autonomy to grant wishes however they choose, so long as they remain within the wording given by the client, your previous interpretations, while clearly misguided, would not be seen as violations of our code. Therefore, much to my chagrin, I have **** but to approve your application to have your licence to grant wishes reinstated. I would strongly advise you to use it more responsibly this time. The council will be keeping a very close eye on you"

"Why thank you, kind sir! And I can go back and make all those wishes from the last thirty years that my clients missed out on having granted, because of our little misunderstanding, come true retrospectively, right?"

"Well, technically yes, but I would always recommend prioritising current and recent......"

"Awesome! Thank you!"

Priscilla vanished herself into a puff of glittery pink and silver smoke. She had a lot of wishes to grant and no time to waste. She could choose anyone she wanted to be her client, use any wish they had made in the past three decades, even if it had been purely intended as a figure of speech or even a joke, and grant it however she desired, so long as she stuck within the wording she had been given to work with. It was going to be so much fun! The only question was whom she was going to work her magic on first?

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